CHEMISTRY 1310/2370 – SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Preliminary Schedule, Class Topics & (partial) Lecture Notes

Week of August 31:
Introduction
Synthesis
Week of September 7:
Labor Day - No Class
Organometallics
Week of September 14:
Organometallics
Ylides
Week of September 21:
Enolate Chemistry
Enolate Chemistry
Week of September 28:
Enolate Chemistry
Carbocations
Week of October 5:
Free Radicals & Carbenes
Alkene Metathesis
Week of October 12:
Pericyclic Reactions
Exam I
Week of October 19:
Exam I - Take 2
Pericyclic Reactions
Week of October 26:
Pericyclic Reactions (cont)
Heterocycles
Week of November 2:
Exam II
Oxidation
Week of November 9:
Oxidation
Oxidation
Week of November 16:
Reduction
Name Reactions
Week of November 23:
Retrosynthetic Analysis & THERESA
Thanksgiving - No Class
Week of November 30:
THERESA
THERESA
Week of December 7:
THERESA

THERESA

Week of December 14:

Final Exam on 12/18 @ 12-1:50 PM in Eberly 228